Measuring-stand.



No. 832,049. PATENTED 00T. 2, 1906.

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'MEASURING STAND.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 2. 1906.

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No. 832,049. PATENTED 00T. 2, 1906.

S; FELD. MEASURING STAND.

APPLICATION FILED A PB..2, 1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 2, 1906.

Application iled April 2, 1906. Serial No 309,240.

To rI/ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, SIMON FELD, a subject of the King of Austria-Hungary, and a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Measuring-Stands, of which the following is a description.

My object is to provide a simple and effective stand to hold a person and which may be revolved with the person thereon, so that a dressmaker or tailor may easily mark off the desired length of the skirt or other lower garment whether the same is to be floor length or above or below the same. The stand in my device is adapted to revolve with the body of the customer thereon at a proper height from the Hoor, so that the tailor may without inconvenience stay vin one place and revolve the stand so as to mark any part of the garment.

My improvements also embody a measuring-stand and an arm-rest.

In the drawings, forming part of this application, Figure 1 is an elevation of my improvements. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof. Fig` 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an inverted plan view of the platform, and Fig. 5 is a section through the measuring-stand.

My improvements are adapted to rest on any flooring, and consist, primarily, of a revolving platform.

The platform is shown in the drawings at 1, and consists of a platform 2, which revolves on a center post 3, which latter is supported on a lower base 4. Depending legs 5 I prefer to attach to the platform, which are provided on their lower ends with rollers 6. A track 7, screwed on the base 4, provides a proper surface on which the roller 6 may ride. The legs, which in the drawings are eight in number, although the number may be changed, are preferably so proportioned as to take only a portion of the weight from the platform, leaving the center post to take the greater part of the weight. The center post has a reduced end 8, which lits in a corresponding recess in the platform. On the under side of the platform I attach a Washer 9, which will contact with the shoulder 10 of the post and cause a friction so as to prevent the platform from turning too freely. The post 3 is secured to the base by being let into the latter. The platform is adapted to carry a person standing thereon, so that as the platform is turned the body of the person will also be turned.

I further provide a measuring-stand 13, which does not move with the platform, but is preferably screwed to the base 4, as by a screw 12. The stand is in a vertical position and consists of a casing` 13, in which slides a rod 14 and is adapted to be held in different positions by the friction with the casing. I prefer to have a longitudinal arm 15 eX- tending inwardly from the arm 14. The arm 14 is provided with a measuring-scale 16, which will indicate the measurements.

An arm-rest 17 is carried with the platform on which the person being measured may rest her arms and leave the skirt to hang free. The rest consists of a U-shaped tube, the top rail 18 of which is preferably arched to correspond with the contour of the platform, as is shown in Fig. 2. The vertical rods 19 extend down below the platform, where theyare secured to brackets 20, which latter are attached to the under side of the platform by means of screws 21.

When it is desired to measure off the desired length at which a skirt is to be made, the wearer stands on the platform and rests her arms on the rods. As the platform is not large, the skirt, if long, will hang below the top of the platform, and for this reason the tubes 19 are secured to the brackets near the base, thus allowing the skirt to hang free. The dressmaker or tailor stands near the measuring-'stand and by raising or lowering the rod measures off the desired length and marks the skirt, which may be marked any'length above or below the floor length. The operator then turns the platform and continues to mark the skirt at dierent points in accordance with the measuringn rod until the circumference has been marked ready to guide in the finishing of the garment. If it is desired to mark the garment a different length in the rear than in the front, the arm 14 is adjusted accordingly. In this way the garment is quickly and accurately measured without having to handle the garment unnecessarily. As the washer 9 causes a friction, the platform will only be revolved when the operator so desires.

Aside from the great convenience to the IOO operator my improvements make the measing downwardly and outwardly and then up- 1o urement accurate, as the wearer can easily wardly therefrom, where it forms a rest stand in one position on the platform while which moves with the platform.

the measurement is being made. Signed this 15th day of March, 1906.

Having described my invention, what I SIMON FELD. claim is- A device ofthe class described, comprising i Witnesses: a post, a platform revoluble thereon, and an WM. P. GODFREY,

arm-rest secured to the platform, extendl S. C. HINKLE, 

